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the facts I have stated do not furnish ground for believing that he has become its 'pliant instrument,' and is prepared on all occasions to do its bidding whenever and wherever it may choose to require him. In the situation in which he has placed himself before the public, it would far better become him to vindicate himself from imputations to which he stands justly liable, than to assail others."

Brave.

"When the war came Taney was not deterred by clamor, nor by flaming swords, nor by insolence of power, nor by threats, from the performance of his official duty."-Thomas J. Semmes' address on United States Supreme Court, at New York city, February 4, 1890.

Trial by Jury.

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"Our liberties are closely bound up with the preservation in full vigor and usefulness of the great principles of the common law and trial by jury."Tyler's Memoirs of Taney, p. 328.

Free From Vanity or Self-Conceit-Power of Subtle

Analysis.

"He was as absolutely free from vanity or selfconceit as any man I ever knew, and his power of subtle analysis exceeded that of any man I ever knew."Justice B. R. Curtis.

James Dixon's Tribute-"Virtuous."

"James Dixon, a law pupil of Judge Taney's, said, when his preceptor was appointed Chief Justice, in a letter to Mr. Taney: 'I never left your presence without feeling in love with virtue.'"-Tyler's Taney's Memoirs.

Fond of Flowers.

"He was passionately fond of flowers, and always thought well of one who liked them."-Idem, 478.

Very Devout.

"Before he began the duties of the day it was his custom to seek divine guidance through prayer.”— Idem, 478.

A Great Reader.

"He was a constant reader to the end of his life of the current literature of the day, 'Macaulay's History of England,' 'Campbell's Lives of the Chief Justices and Lord Chancellors,' Shakespeare, novels, etc." -Idem, 485.

Expected to Die Within Six Months for Forty
Years.

"It was said by one who had known him upwards of forty years, that during all those years there had never been a time when his death might not reasonably have been anticipated within the next six months."-2 Life and Writings of B. R. Curtis, 337,

Manumitted His Father's Slaves.

In early life he manumitted all the slaves he inherited from his father. The old ones he supported by monthly allowances of money until they died.

His Official Integrity.

He refused while Secretary of the Treasury to accept a box of cigars as a present from the Collector of the Port of New York, and declined the dedication to him of Mr. Seward's speech on the French spoliation claims, lest its acceptance might be construed into interference with a measure pending before Congress.

HENRY MOORE TELLER, COLORADO.

(1830

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Senior Senator from Colorado. Born May 23, 1830, in Allegheny county, New York. Is of Dutch descent and of a very poor family. He received his education in the common schools and an academy, where he paid his way by teaching during vacations, and at Alfred University. Studied law with Martin Grover, being admitted in Binghampton, New York, at twenty-eight. In 1858 he moved to Morrison, Illinois, and three years later to Central City, Colorado, where he still resides. Was Major General of the militia against the Indians in 1863. In 1865 he organized the Colorado Central Railroad company and was its first president until absorbed by the Union Pacific five years later. He is a prominent thirty-third degree Mason, having been seven years Grand Master of his State, and is now Inspector General of the Order. Is a past Grand Commander of the Knights Templar. Formerly a Democrat, he became a Republican at the organization of that party, but never held office until elected to the United

States Senate in 1876, being re-elected in 1877. In 1882 President Arthur appointed him Secretary of the Interior, in which position he was considered the best informed and best equipped man who ever held that office. In 1885 he was again sent to the United States Senate, and unanimously succeeded himself in 1891. He married Miss Harriet M. Bruce at Cuba, New York, in 1862, and is the father of four children.

Mr. Teller is the most popular man in his State, and received a triumphal ovation in the leading Colorado cities upon his return from the special session of Congress in 1893, where he had championed free silver. As a lawyer, in full practice, he was the leader of the State bar, and, perhaps, is the best equipped mining lawyer in the Rocky Mountain country, there being scarcely a case involving large interests in which he is not retained. Before a jury he is plain, clear and concise. It is as near thirteen men reasoning together as it is possible for it to be. He is persevering, simple, kind, cheerful, gentle, generous and approachable.

For Double Standard of Money.

"I, myself, am not a silver man for local reasons, but because I believe that a single standard will injure the great mass of people of this Nation."-From an interview in Chicago, July 8, 1893,

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